Forth Posix C-Interface

Constants, structures and function footprints are extracted from posix header files. This is done by using SWIG with the Forth-Extension.

Usage

Just include the required file from your system: dist/<forth-system>/.*/<c-name>.<extension>

i.e.: dist/gforth/stdio.fs

Hints

Common gcc-attributes that break swig are defined in fixgcc.ih The extension .ih means interface-header, as .i would interfere with make's magic

ToDo:

standard way to include

should always be includeable like one of the following:

• include c/stdio.4th
• cinclude stdio.4th
• cinclude sys/time.4th
• #include stdio
• #include stdio.4th
• #include stdio.h

structure

dist/<forth-system>/<architecture>/.*<c-name>.<extension>

add-lib

• check which and if add-lib is required

regex.h, sys/socket.h

Includes bitfields in structs. These fail compilation when offsetof is used on them.

trace.h

Where is this file in a strandard GNU distro?

cpio.h

string constant MAGIC missing

signal.h

structures remain to be extracted